Author: ARTI MATHUR

The poet, studied at a girls’ convent school in Agra. After finishing school, the batch went on to graduate and then went their separate ways, at a time long before mobile phones and the internet. As a result, most of...

The writer has been keeping a daily record of her days for the past thirty years. It’s a date she never misses….and she tells you why her diaries have been a focal point of her life for so long―her close...

Those magical, lilting, haunting melodies of old Hindi film songs have captured the hearts and souls of the nation for generations and continue to do so till today. Some of the songs are so popular that even youngsters hum them―bridging...

The rainy season is round the corner. Uplift your spirits with Ragas Miya Malhar, Bahar and Basant, which resonate with the mood of this wonderful season. Raga Miya Malhar was composed by Miya Tansen, the chief musician in the court...